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    1 hour ago, Bryant fish said:

    Also make sure you leave at least 50mm around  edges to fibreglass to  making sure each layer goes further out than the last

    Think I'm pretty close to that measurement when I started cutting around the outside. 

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    9 hours ago, Smobaby said:

    One of the main reasons transom are repaired internally is there is no external cosmetic problems to deal with. Making it look original and trying to match gelcoat. 

    That's good to know them because I thought it was more to do with the integrity of the structure holding an outboard motor etc

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    3 hours ago, motiondave said:

    @garfield28not sure what you mean, I will take a pic tomorrow and try to draw put what I did..

    Sorry motion, I meant is it a standard transom flat straight across the back or a pod style type like mine? 

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    3 hours ago, Bryant fish said:

    Mate I'm  trying  to inspire confidence not scare the crap out of you

    It did put me off for a minute haha 

     

    It does worry me though doing my first transom and being different to what I can view on YouTube as my transom is completely different, and the fact I'm going against what is the norm and doing it from the outside.

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    7 hours ago, motiondave said:

    I had to redo the transom in the pongrass last year. I got in the back and dug and cut the rot out, them lots of resin , fibreglass and new ply sheets cut to size.

     

    Straight across the back transom motion?

    56 minutes ago, Bryant fish said:

    I done mime from back I had no choice as the fibreglass was badly  cracked(I have a twin setup and nearly lost a motor and half the transom offshore),maybe get something to practice  on before you start if you use ply make sure you sandwich glass between sheets

    You nearly lost an outboard and half the transom after the repair? 

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    7 hours ago, noelm said:

    If you have already done some glassing, you're part way there, just knowing how to mix resin, wet mat out and so on is a big bonus.

    I have some pics of what I've done on some cosmetics noelm I'll find them and post 

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    7 hours ago, noelm said:

    It's kind of no different, just treat it as a small full width transom, that's what you have in a kind if way, the sides of the pod are the sides of the boat with a full width transom, if you get what I mean?

    Yeah sort of get what you're saying noelm. Would be good if I could watch a vid on a similar transom repair. I hope it all works out also working on it from the outside rather than the inside as sound to be the common way of doing them

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    9 hours ago, Bryant fish said:

    Is it only the pod section that needs fixing?

    I believe so but I'm pretty sure the stringers will be wet towards that back section also. 

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    3 hours ago, frankS said:

    Geoff. You can make your own glass roller for getting bubbles out of the fibreglass.

    Get paint roller take the fluffy bit off and you have a shaft, get 2 different sized washers ( bunnings ) place one large washer on shaft then small washer , repeat this till you have the length of roller you want then use cable ties to hold washers in place ( instead of nut as the shaft is not threaded ) .

    I don't have photo but have made a few in my time and it works well, much cheaper than buying proper one. and when job is finished you can use washers for household jobs.

    I could post you some matting but the way post costs are these days probably cheaper to buy the mat.

    Frank

    Cheers Frank. 

    I have a fibreglass roller mate as I've done some fibreglassing on the boat of late, and thanks for the offer on the matting but I'm not too too far from Trojan fibreglass and have already bought a heap of gear from there of late. 

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    3 hours ago, Bryant fish said:

    Mate if you know your way around basic tools it's not that hard but messy and time consuming. Find as much info as you can you will be fine I done my floor and transom about 6 yrs and all good

    The hardest thing has been most videos or info relating to transoms is they are all flat standard straight across the back transoms. Mine is so different and has been off-putting.

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    59 minutes ago, noelm said:

    I guess you are sort of committed to doing it from the outside now, doing it from the inside does require cutting the "cap" off and maybe some other bits, but the finished job is so much better. Anyway, just cut it all out and dig the rotten ply or whatever was used out and make up a new transom with whatever material you choose, making extra sure it's "glued" to the inside properly. Finishing the exterior to look right is a challenge, but, seeing as it's fairly small (not a full width) it might be OK. Make sure bungs and motor well drain holes are sealed, that's where the rot starts.

    Found some pics of when I started, how far I have gone and when I first found the rot. Wasn't real bad but it was there and the thing was soaking wet behind the skin

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    48 minutes ago, noelm said:

    I guess you are sort of committed to doing it from the outside now, doing it from the inside does require cutting the "cap" off and maybe some other bits, but the finished job is so much better. Anyway, just cut it all out and dig the rotten ply or whatever was used out and make up a new transom with whatever material you choose, making extra sure it's "glued" to the inside properly. Finishing the exterior to look right is a challenge, but, seeing as it's fairly small (not a full width) it might be OK. Make sure bungs and motor well drain holes are sealed, that's where the rot starts.

    So it is OK to do from the outside if I have to Noel? Also as far as when replacing the board whatever I choose it would then be like any other transom steps I would see on on a YouTube video that someone else has redone their transom? 

     

    And good point regarding the bung hole being sealed. My current one wasn't and I believe that's where my problems started. 

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    1 minute ago, noelm said:

    That should be easy enough, how bad is the rot? Is there enough access to do it from the inside? It's a bit hard to tell from the pictures.

    That has been part of the problem Noel, I started to remove the glass from the outside say about a 1/4 of the way and then I was told it shouldn't be done that way, but I've already started and I wouldn't be able to do it from inside anyway unless I somehow cut the top off. 

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    On 2/17/2022 at 10:29 AM, noelm said:

    Jesus, that's a long way from an "old" Savage, I was thinking something from the 70s.....do you want to replace the bit the motor bolts to? 

    Yeah mate I want to replace the transom that the outboard is attached to. 

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